Peak vs Prosperity

A side-by-side comparison of Peak and Prosperity: population, income, housing, and more.

Peak and Prosperity are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prosperity has the higher population (1,198 vs 78 in Peak). Peak has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $138,400 in Prosperity). Since 2019, Peak's population has grown faster (+59.2% vs -7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Peak	Prosperity
Population	78	1,198
Median age	32.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,276
Median home value	$165,600	$138,400
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	34	580
Homeownership rate	34.6%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peak	Prosperity
Population	49 → 78 (+59.2%)	1,293 → 1,198 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $65,000 (+10.6%)	$44,500 → $58,276 (+31.0%)
Median home value	—	$138,700 → $138,400 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$766 → $780 (+1.8%)

Peak

Population

4978

Median household income

$58,750$65,000

Prosperity

Population

1,2931,198

Median household income

$44,500$58,276

Median home value

$138,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$766$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peak	Prosperity
Under 5	46.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	33.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	2.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.7%
75 and over	1.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peak	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	43.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peak	Prosperity
No high school diploma	9.5%	21.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peak	Prosperity
Drove alone	94.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peak	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	55.9%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.1%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Peak	Prosperity
Poverty rate	5.1%	16.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1983	1978